Garment hanger



March 20, 1928. 1,662,855

L. E. GAUME GARMENT HANGER Filed Oct. 12. 1925 11 /2 v 9 I g I b ,v/8

Patented Mar. 20, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS ELMER sauna, or AKRON, 01110.

GARMENT HANGER.

Application filed October 12, 1925. Serial No. 61,915.

new and useful means for protecting the garment from rust, dust or other matter which may accumulate on the supporting bar of the garment hanger.

Another object is to provide simple, efficient means whereby a garment will be engaged and held in position on a hanger.

A further object is to provide a new and useful card which may be manufactured at a low cost and which may be quickly and conveniently attached to a garment hanger and to a garment, positioned thereon, to provide a prominently presented surface for the name of the merchant or dry cleaner or other advertising matter.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein I have shown a preferred form of the invention, it being understood that the invention is capable of various adaptations and that changes and modifications may be made or resort had to substitutions which come within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings like characters of reference are employed to denote like parts as the same may appear in any of the several views and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a device constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of same showing the manner in which it is folded to position it on a hanger.

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of a hanger showing a device constructed in accordance with this invention attached thereto and also showing a pair of trousers operatively positioned thereon.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken as indicated by the line 44 of Figure 3.

Proceeding now to a detailed description of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawing, the numeral 5 denotes a garment hanger provided with a supporting bar 6. The numeral 7 denotes a sheet or card board or other suitable material which is preferably rectangular in form and is provided with two spaced parallel slits 8 and 9. The slit 8 is provided at each end thereof with downwardly inclined extensions 8 and 8 and the slit 9 is likewise pro.- vided at each end thereof with upwardly inclined extensions 9 and 9 each of. said extensions terminating in spaced relation to the edge of the sheet 7, thereby forming a strip 10 which is connected to the sheet 7 at each end thereof. The sheet is folded as indicated by the dotted line 12 to form the portion 11, and provide a hook adapted to receive the supporting bar 6. 7

In use, the card 7 is folded as shown in Figure 2 and the portion 11' is positioned over the bar 6 as shown in Figure 3. The portion 11 may then be secured to the main portion of the card 7 by means of the spring clips 18 or other suitable means. To position a pair of trousers 14 on the hanger, the legs of the trousers are entered in the slot 9 and pulled under the strip 10 and out through the slot 8 and drawn downwardly to the position shown in Figure 3. As the sheet 7 is composed of relatively still material, the strip 10 will bend outwardly as shown in Figure 4, leaving the legs of the trousers depending in a straight line. The strip 10 engages the legs of the trousers and holds the same against accidental removal from the hanger. The upturned ends 9 and 9 and 8 and 8 of the slots 8 and 9 permit the material adjacent the strip 10 to be easily bent inwardly, thereby facilitating the operation of positioning the trousers through said slots.

It will thus be seen that with the trousers operatively positioned thereon, that the strip 10 will be prominently displayed and that the name of the cleaner or other advertising matter may be printed thereon.

Having thus illustrated my invention, and described the same in detail, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination, a garment hanger having a horizontal bar, a sheet of relatively thin material folded to provide a front portion and a back portion, said sheet positioned on said bar with the bar received in said fold, the front portion being provided with longitudinally directed parallel slots to provide a band substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a device of the class described, a piece of sheet material folded upon itself,

a band" on'the' forwardly presented fold, said band formed by two parallel horizontal slots, each disposed in parallel relation to the line of said fold. I l

3. In a device of the class described, a

piece of sheet material bent upongitsel'f to provide a rear portion and av relatively Wider front portion, a band! in. said? forwardpona certain line to= position it over tlie siipporting bar of the garment hanged said sheet material havingaband formed By cutsyarranged in parallelspaced relation to the line offold, each cat terminating in spaced'relation to each edge of said material, said. outs adaptedt to receive the leg portion of'a pair oft'roiisers.

5-. In: a device for holding a pair of trousers on a garment hanger, a piece of sheet materiali adapted to be folded upon itself to receive the supporting bar of the hanger; a band on: the forward portion of said Inat'erial said band; being formed by two cuts in said material, said cuts terminat ing at each end thereof in oppositely in.- clined extensions. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 

